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One Team No Borders Whatever part real estate plays in your strategy, DLA Piper lawyers can work with you to design commercial and innovative legal solutions that deliver real value. We operate as a single team throughout the US, working seamlessly with our funds, finance, tax and construction teams to provide you with a genuinely integrated one-stop-shop for real estate transactions. With more than 175 real estate lawyers in the US and over 550 real estate lawyers worldwide, DLA Piper has one of the largest real estate teams in the world: a single unit; cutting across borders and simplifying projects. We are at home working for both regional clients on local matters and clients on complex international deals. 02 Real Estate in the US
Every job is treated with the same professionalism, skill and determination. And because we work across a diverse range of sectors, we have a rounded view of the market that adds more insight to the advice we give you. Each of our lawyers is committed to the DLA Piper philosophy of everything matters so you receive the same consistently high standard of service and quality advice, wherever you use us. We believe that the experience you have with us in Miami should be the same as the one you receive in Milan. In short, we are one team, no borders providing a real advantage to you. Clients Private equity and hedge funds Investment advisors Pension funds, endowments and other institutional investors REITs Commercial and investment banks Senior and mezzanine lenders Fund sponsors Off-shore investors Developers Government entities Major retailers Fortune 100 companies www.dlapiper.com 03
CORE REAL ESTATE SERVICES Acquisition and disposition Construction Cross-border investment Environmental Finance Fund formation Joint ventures, partnerships and other entities Land use, development and government relations Leasing Litigation Private equity/opportunity funds REIT representation Restructuring and loan workouts Securitization and other capital markets Tax ASSET CLASSES Condominiums, coops, time shares, fractionals Education Government Healthcare Hotel and leisure Industrial Infrastructure and utilities Land Loan portfolios: performing and non-performing Manufacturing and warehouse Mixed use Office Residential: single family and multifamily Retail RECENT REPRESENTATIVE MATTERS DLA Piper represents clients in some of the most significant transactions in the US commercial real estate market. Examples include: Ongoing representation of The Port Authority of New York and New Jersey in all aspects of the redevelopment of the World Trade Center site in Lower Manhattan Normandy Real Estate Partners in the US$930 million sale of the iconic John Hancock Tower in Boston to Boston Properties Hines Interests LP in the US$655 million sale of 300 North LaSalle, a trophy office tower in Chicago Brookfield Real Estate Opportunity Fund in its acquisition of a 16-property, 2.9-million-squarefoot office portfolio from J.P. Morgan Chase 04 Real Estate in the US
Equity Residential in its US$475 million acquisition of three luxury apartment buildings in Manhattan from the Macklowe organization Joint venture managed by Mesirow Financial Real Estate, Inc. in the US$385 million sale of 353 North Clark in Chicago to Tishman Speyer Properties John Hancock Life Insurance Company and Manulife Financial in the US$270 million purchase of an of fice complex in downtown San Francisco Inland American Real Estate Trust, Inc. in its conversion of a subordinate tranche of mortgage debt into a majority stake in a joint venture with Centro Properties Group. The joint venture owns 25 shopping centers in 13 states valued at US$471 million Industrial and Commercial Bank of China Limited (ICBC) in the US$355 million first mortgage financing of 650 Madison Avenue, New York, the first loan closing under ICBC s new US mortgage loan platform Oxford Properties Group, in the acquisition of interests in a venture that owns a portfolio of eight regional malls in the US with a gross value in excess of US$500 million A joint venture of Elbit Imaging Ltd., Plaza Centers NV and Eastgate Capital in the acquisition of interests in Macquarie DDR Trust, an Australian public company, that owns two US REITs with a combined portfolio of 78 retail properties across the US A joint venture of CalPERS and First Washington Realty in its acquisition of membership interests in a joint venture of 86 grocery-anchored shopping centers in the US valued at US$1.73 billion Berkadia Mortgage Capital LLC, a joint venture of Leucadia National Corporation and Berkshire Hathaway, in the acquisition of the servicing business of Capmark Financial out of bankruptcy The New York Times Company in the US$225 million sale leaseback of a 700,000-square-foot portion of its headquarters building at 620 Eighth Avenue in Manhattan Recognition Outstanding Achievement Award Legal Business Awards 2010 Global Real Estate Firm of the Year The International Who s Who of Business Lawyers 2005 2010 Recognized as the leading Real Estate practice in the US Chambers USA Award for Excellence 2008 Global Recognition in Islamic Finance for a Law Firm award International Islamic Finance Forum 2008 35 DLA Piper real estate and construction lawyers named as leading business lawyers in the US, more than any other US law firm Chambers USA 21 members, including 3 prior presidents, of the American College of Real Estate Lawyers (ACREL), the largest representation of any law firm. ACREL gathers US lawyers who are most distinguished for their skill, experience and high standards of professional and ethical conduct in real estate law. 19 DLA Piper lawyers listed as experts in real estate law www.dlapiper.com 05
About us From the quality of our legal advice and business insight to the efficiency of our legal teams, we believe that when it comes to the way we serve and interact with our clients, everything matters. DLA Piper is a global law firm with lawyers across Asia-Pacific, Europe, the Middle East and the United States. FOR MORE INFORMATION To learn more about DLA Piper, visit www.dlapiper.com or contact: Jay Epstien Chair, US Real Estate Co-Chair, Global Real Estate Partner T +1 202 799 4100 jay.epstien@dlapiper.com If you have finished with this document, please pass it on to other interested parties or recycle it, thank you. www.dlapiper.com DLA Piper llp (us) is part of DLA Piper, a global law firm, operating through various separate and distinct legal entities. Further details of these entities can be found at www.dlapiper.com Note past results are not guarantees of future results. Each matter is individual and will be decided on its own facts. Attorney Advertising. Copyright 2011 DLA Piper. All rights reserved. JUN11 2047572 www.dlanordic.com 02